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Akber Mithani, MD
Dementia is a devastating illness for both patients and their families. A patient with dementia has memory loss and at least one other impairment: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, or disturbance in executive functioning.[1]... Read More
Prior to the Second World War, highly dependent elderly people unable to live on their own received care through a number of religious orders and “poor homes” throughout Canada.[1] In BC, nursing homes or residential... Read More
Introduction Influenza is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Clinical attack rates may reach up to 70% of elderly nursing home residents, with case fatality rates up to 30%.[1] Annual... Read More